Batten for narrow-ware looms.



J. FRANK.

BATTEN FOR NARROWWARB LOOMS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.21, 1910.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

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BATTEN FOR NARROW WARE LQOMS. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1910.

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JOSEPH FRANK,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BATTEN FOR NARROW-WARE LOOMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 21, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

I 3e it known that I, Josnrn FRANK, a cltizen ot the United States, residing in 'New York city, county of New York, and

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Battens for Narroware Looms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to increase the capacity of battens for weaving narrowware goods in which the shuttles move in curved races crossing each other between the weaving spaces. This object I accomplish by arranging the shuttles in two series in which those of one series alternate with and overlap those of the other series and stand in a vertical plane which is relatively in advance of the latter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a section of the improved batten-structure, partly in section; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken through the space between two adjoining shuttle blocks; the shuttles appearing in broken outline to prevent confusion; Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view through the shuttle blocks in about the plane of the races, the shuttles appearing in plan; Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of one of the shuttleblocks as it appears in Fig. 3, the pinions therein appearing in elevation; and, Figs. 5 and 6 are cross-sectional views of the shuttles.

In the batten-proper a is arranged in the usual manner the reciprocating rack I) having the toothed strip a forming the toothed portion thereof; carried by the batten proper and secured thereto by the usual means comprising, say, the uprights (l and connecting strip 6, are the spaced shuttle blocks 7.

In the blocks are formed grooves arranged in two series, each groove of one series being intersected by two grooves of the other series and such intersections occurring at the middle points of the blocks. The grooves marked 9 are shallower than the grooves marked 9, the backs of the former being indicated at 7:, and of the latter at h.

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The grooves y each have at the top the rib i,- thcir bottom surfaces are flat except for a rabbet z". The grooves 9 have each at the top the rib their bottom surfaces are likewise flat, except for the rabbet j.

The shuttles it; and k are formed to fit the grooves g and g, respectively, each shuttle is having a channel Z at the top and a flange m at the under side thereof engaging, respectively, with the rib z' and rabbet z" of the corresponding groove g, and each shuttle is having a channel a at the top and a flange 0 at the under side thereof engaging, respectively, with the rib j and rabbet y" of the corresponding groove 9. tion, each shuttle 70 has, relatively back of its flange and in its under side, a rack p and each shuttle K," has in its under side a groove 9 (in the same vertical plane as the racks 79 of the shuttles 7c) and, back of said groove, a rack 7'.

Directly beneath the intersection of the grooves in each block, and housed in the block, a pair of pinions s and c is ournaled, their journal being afforded by the screw or the like t and their teeth projecting into the grooves where the latter intersect; they mesh with the rack 7) and are respectively arranged in the same vertical planes as the racks p and 1' of the shuttles l..- and k, respectively.

When each shuttle is in the mid-position of its race it is engaged simultaneously with two pinions s and s (or s and s) and upon the rack being reciprocated the shuttles will oscillate back and forth in said races.

In view of the construction herein described, since the series of shuttles it: stand in advance of (that is, relatively nearer the front of batten-proper a than) the series of shuttles and since the shuttles k overlap the shuttles u when the several shuttles are in their mid-positions in their races, a saving of space is accomplished which is equal to the amount of overlapping allowed each two shuttles multiplied by the number of weaving units which the batten structure is made to include.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of the batten proper, a structure carried thereby and forming a series of weaving spaces, said structure having two series of curved races arranged one nearer the front of the batten proper than Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

In addi-V the other, the races of one series intersecting those of the other series at points between the spaces, two series of curved shuttles arranged repectively in said series of races, and means for reciprocating the shuttles, the shuttles of one series overlapping those of the other series when the shuttles are in their mid-positions in the races, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the batten proper, a structure carried thereby and forming a series of weaving spaces, said structure having two series of curved grooves forming races, the grooves of one series intersecting those of the other series at points between shuttles of one series overlapping those of the other series when the shuttles are in their mid-positions in the grooves, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day 25 of September, 1910. I

JOSEPH FRANK. Vitnesses:

LEA F. SINGER, JNo. F. SINGER. 

